Magnolia...?

My GF likes Marc Jacobs a lot. I think it smells similar to J-PG's &quot;Fragile.&quot; What is the main note that makes me think those two smell similar? Is it magnolia? I wonder if it is magnolia because I just smelled L'Occitane's &quot;Magnolia&quot; the other day, and it reminds me of the other two.

If that note is in fact magnolia, can you name some other women's perfumes that feature strong magnolia notes? Even more interesting--are there men's colognes that feature magnolia?

Top 3: London Gentleman, Blackbeard's Delight, and Sex Panther. (It works 60% of the time, every time.)

Re: Magnolia...?

Fragile has a lot of tuberose in it. Mark Jacobs is mainly gardenia. Gardenia and magnolia when used in perfumes are always made with a blend of other floral and synthetic notes since there is no way to extract the scent from the real flowers.

Maybe someone else can clarify further.

Edit: Just did some research and there seem to be a means of extracting gardenia nowadays, but it's so expensive it is rarely used.

Re: Magnolia...?

8) CURIOUS, from Britney Spears, is heavy on Looosiana magnolia. I've tried it . . . very pleasant fragrance. Scentiments has the tester for $39.99. I know . . . it's not cheap . . . but it smells good, and the bottle is lovely.

Re: Magnolia...?

To my nose, Jardins de Bagatelle has an obvious magnolia note, stronger on opening but prominent throughout, I think. Ormonde Jayne's Sampaquita has magnolia in the top notes, but not the *feature* floral that I can tell.

If you go to the Basenotes &quot;Directory&quot; at the top menu to the left, you can type in &quot;magnolia&quot; and it will pull up fragrances with magnolia as a note.